List of Book of Mormon translations

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Display of the Book of Mormon translated into different languages

As of 2021, the Book of Mormon has been translated into 115 languages,[1] and there are active projects to translate it into a number of other languages. Portions of the book, as opposed to complete translations, have also been conducted for another 20 languages. These tables show all the versions of the Book of Mormon that have been translated. Unless otherwise indicated, the translation was financed and the resulting text published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is by far the largest church in the Latter Day Saint movement. Not all translations are currently in print. As of 2021, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to publish at least portions of the Book of Mormon in 115 languages.[2] The Community of Christ, the second largest church in the Latter Day Saint movement, has also published its own translations of the work in various languages, though becoming increasingly less common to find. The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) has published their own respective editions of the Book of Mormon in Italian, Spanish, and various small languages meant only for Locals, and published in the Respective Nations. The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) publishes the Book of Mormon in Spanish.[citation needed]

The following list provides details on officially translated versions of the Book of Mormon published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as translations in languages not published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Complete translations[]

No. Date Language Title Primary locations of language Notes Image Approx. no. of speakers
1 1830 English The Book of Mormon Anglosphere, minorities elsewhere. Translated by Joseph Smith. Most recent edition 2013. There are a number of English editions by multiple publishers. Mormon-book.jpg 400,000,000
as a foreign language: 600–700,000,000
2 1851 Danish Mormons Bog Denmark (incl. Faroe Islands & Greenland) [3] most recent edition 2005; originally translated by Peter O. Hansen Book of Mormon danish.jpg 5,500,000
3 1852 French Le Livre de Mormon France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and a number of African countries [3] First in a Romance language; original translation credited to John Taylor and Curtis E. Bolton (assisted by Louis A. Bertrand and others) Livre de Mormon (french).JPG 76,800,000 (as a foreign language: 274,000,000)
4 1852 Welsh Llyfr Mormon Wales, minority in Argentina Most recent edition 2000. The only translation in a Celtic language; originally translated by John S. Davis.[4] Llyfr Mormon.jpg 700,000+
5 1852 German Das Buch Mormon Germany, Austria, Switzerland with minorities elsewhere in Europe [5] most recent edition 2003 Das Buch Mormon.jpg 90,000,000
6 1852 Italian Il Libro di Mormon Italy, Switzerland, minorities elsewhere [3] most recent edition 1995 Libro di Mormon.JPG 69,000,000
7 1855 Hawaiian Ka Buke a Moramona Hawaiian Islands (minority in Continental United States) [3] first non-European language translation; translated by Jonatana Napela and George Q. Cannon
24,000
8 1869 Deseret Alphabet (English)
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